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Haour, Anne 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0844-4867 and Jaufar, Shiura
(2022)
An overview of previous historical and archaeological work in the Maldives.
In:
Archaeological Investigations of the Maldives in the Medieval Islamic Period.
Routledge, 9780367762698.
Abstract
This chapter reviews historical and archaeological work carried out in the Maldives to date. Historical sources relating to this archipelago are varied in detail and in quality, and come from a wide range of authors, of Indian, Sri Lankan, Classical, Chinese, Persian, Arab, and European origin. Archaeological work has, in contrast, been extremely limited. Most research has focused on standing remains associated with Buddhist belief; most has been unsystematic and poorly contextualised and the resulting accounts largely descriptive. Much more extensive and promising were excavations at the reputed Buddhist site of Kaashidhoo, but these have only been summarily published. Recent work has also included valuable recording, mapping and modelling of standing remains and artefacts in the context of rapid deterioration.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Centres > Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Area Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Centres > Centre for African Art and Archaeology |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2021 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2024 08:19 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/82635 |
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